Who is Yvonne Okwara’s Husband?

 Who is Yvonne Okwara’s Husband?

Yvonne Okwara is a prominent Kenya Journalist who is reputable for great skills when delivering her professionalism in one of the biggest Kenyan Media House named Citizen TV. At the station, she serves as the current business editor. However, curiosity about her romantic life is among many which is the reason for this Article which discusses much more about Yvonne’s life and facts.

How old is Yvonne Okwara? Age

The media personality turned 41 years old as of 2024 as she was born on 16 March 1983. She was born under the zodiac sign of Pisces.

Yvonne Okwara’s Education

Even though Okwara, is renowned for accuracy and confidence in her work, the surprising thing is that that was not her area of Study. She pursued Microbiology from Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology where she obtained her bachelor’s degree. Prior to that she had gained her KCPE Certificate from All Saint Cathedral Primary School and a KCSE Certificate from Kianda High School.

Yvonne Okwara Family: Parents and Siblings

The Journalist was born as Yvonne Buliba Okwara as the last born among the three children of Esther Ambale Sande. She has not disclosed much about her family to the public since her father’s name is unknown. Additionally, only one of her siblings details known and this is after she posted on her social media that her brother, Albert Okwara passed away on 2018 at the age of 50 due to German measles which had made him deaf and blind.

Yvonne Okwara’s Tribe

Okwara is a Libya from Western Kenya. Many people had speculated that Okwara belonged to Luo or Kisii tribes which left the journalist no choice but to speak her native language on TV to confirm her Tribe.

Yvonne Okwara’s Husband

The western native had been a married woman to her ex-husband Andrew Matole Konde for nearly 10 years. The duo had happily walked down the aisle on 6 December 2014 at Crown Plaza Hotel in Nairobi. By then Matole was 47 years old while Yvonne was 31 years old, and their age difference was trolled online. They were so in love that they never let that affect them. Her Ex-husband Matole works as veterinary surgeon and they had met when treating Yvonne’s pet. Before marrying the journalist, he had another wife whom they had sired three children together and they reportedly parted ways due to infidelity as he was hooking up with Yvonne.

Yvonne Okwara Divorce

Rumors have it that Yvonne and her husband have gone separate ways with allegations that Andrew Matole has an extra marital affair. This was noted after Yvonne dropped Matole’s name in her introduction when giving the bulletins. Additionally her wedding ring was missing which is one thing she has never removed from her finger since her wedding.

Does Yvonne Okwara have kids? Children

The 41 year old has no kids.

Yvonne Okwara Salary and Net worth

Okwara’s salary and net worth as of 2024 is currently under review.

Career

Okwara has been present in Journalism since 2008. Shortly after graduating she landed a host job at KBC where she was the host of a children show named Children Variety Show. Even though she had no certificate in any journalism related course, she proved to be talented and even worked harder on her skills to be where she is today. From there, her next working station was as QFM Radio, a Nation Media Group owned radio where she served as a producer. Additionally, she was a voice over artist for a business show and at that network she served for 4 years.

Subsequently, she left for KTN, a Standard media Group owned TV after signing a five years contract where she served as anchor and head of news strategy and upon expiry she was hired by Citizen TV in May 2018. At Citizen, she firstly worked as senior news anchor and editor in charge of research and planning for 6 years. On December 2021, she was named the business editor a role she serves up to date.Yvonne’s remarkable job includes moderating Kenyan presidential debates in 2017.